By Natalie Davis
Over 700 people attended a banquet held at Heart of Georgia Technical College’s DuBose Porter Business & Industry Training Center to hear speaker Rick Gage in hopes of organizing to bring his crusade message to Laurens County. Gage, a former college football coach, now leads a large Atlanta-based ministry. Last year, his Rick Gage Ministries held four crusades with over 40,000 in attendance. Area churches have teamed in hopes of raising funds to bring a crusade to Laurens County May 7-10 at Raider Stadium.